Dec 28
From the press release: Occupy Toronto will be working alongside Occupy Hamilton, Occupy London, Occupy St. Catherine’s, Occupy Niagara and Occupy Buffalo, in regards to an action taking place at Niagara Falls’ Rainbow Bridge on January 1st 2012 at NOON for an International General Assembly (GA) in alliance with the UN’s International Day for Peace. We are standing …
Nov 15
occupytoronto on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free Today, the city of Toronto served the occupation in St. James Park with eviction notices for midnight tonight. Call the mayor at 416 397 3673 & leave your message of support of the movement & the need to remain.
Jun 16
A riot is a collective orgasm. It is a sudden and violent release of manufactured tension. For the CBC to get so damn sanctimonious about the riot, after they’ve hyped hockey for my entire life, is like complaining when the person you’re fucking comes.
Apr 25
The Conservatives are distributing talking points to their followers via Tory Nation. (The “24/7 virtual campaign office” of the Conservative Party of Canada.) Here’s the screenshots and my understanding of them. Click on any of the images for a larger version. A log-in screen to find out about calling talk radio. It’s odd that the …
Feb 05
Long time readers of The Grumpy Owl will know that I’ve been interested in dictators and revolutions for even longer than I’ve been interested in bespoke suits. I wonder if anyone other than me has been around here long enough to remember that I used to do theme weeks and that one of my first …
Aug 19
Rob Ford squints at the world through little swine eyes while wearing novelty ties. In a panicked, squealing falsetto, he says things like: ”I can’t support bike lanes. Roads are built for buses, cars, and trucks. My heart bleeds when someone gets killed, but it’s their own fault at the end of the day.” He …
Jul 27
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is at it again: Come August, if you are below 22, you will need a zero alcohol blood level to drive a car. It’s unreasonable but not unexpected. This is one of the very worst charities in existence. MADD was founded by a decent woman with decent intentions. Candy Lightner, whose …
Jul 01
It’s Canada Day and I usually like to mark the occasion with some flag vandalism, a rant against the nation state in general and this one in particular, and then spend the next six months sifting through a selection of insults, threats and various other comments. I’m not in the mood this year. Usually, my …
Although Ryan Oakley began his career as a simple rake (drunk) he has since become Toronto’s most renowned flaneur (no car) and notorious dandy (overdresses). A misanthropic composer of psycho-geographical fictions (sci-fi), he is also a server of food, a tender of bar and a washer of dishes. While performing all these functions with efficiency and elegance (disdain and malice), he somehow finds the time to publicly criticize friends, strangers and cultural crap.
